Overview

• Mexico’s weather service located Raymond about 95 km southwest of Punta San Telmo, Michoacán, with sustained winds near 95 km/h, gusts to 110 km/h, moving west-northwest at 22 km/h early Friday.
• Forecasters warned of torrential rainfall of 150–250 mm on the coasts of Guerrero and Michoacán, intense totals in Colima and Jalisco, marine swells of 3–4 meters and the risk of waterspouts along the central Pacific shoreline.
• The port of Lázaro Cárdenas was closed to larger vessels as a safety measure, Colima barred access to beaches in Manzanillo, Armería and Tecomán, and a tropical-storm warning is in effect from Zihuatanejo to Cabo Corrientes with a watch for parts of Baja California Sur.
• The Navy activated Plan Marina with thousands of personnel and assets prepositioned, the Army implemented Plan DN-III-E after flooding in Zihuatanejo, and Michoacán opened 55 shelters as Conagua teams monitor rivers in seven municipalities.
• National civil protection reported heavy rains in 31 states with two deaths in Veracruz and Querétaro, and officials said Raymond is likely to weaken to a tropical depression and could approach Baja California Sur around October 12 while continuing to pose flooding hazards.